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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-31
Four Hundred Tons Of Gold

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-31
STOVE STORE
IN OPERA BLOCK, Is the
place 10 strike.

People often ask. What do you do
with aIl the Stoves you put into your
Store ?" We sell them. "Huw DO
you buy good Goods and sell them
at small prohtY' We con DO IL
because we handle 80 many. II We
sold less should have 20 get more
profit on each Stove, SO you see that b
is better to 90 where the crowd does.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-31

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-06
UNDERWEAR AND BOYS JACKETS.
Starvation and the sIop shop &c Hana In
Hand Here Aiso.


Hand Here Aiso.
Cheap mems underwear Is made q great
deal on the slop- shop system. though there are
proportionately probably more real factories
than in the clothing trade. 1t Is easier to start
an underwear slop shop. All that Is necessary
is greed enough. The goods are taken from the
manufacturers In bundles Of dozens and scat
tered around the neishborhood wherever mis-
fortune has brought some poor woman near
starvation. Those who own machines do the
making up. and the garments are then sent to
still more wretched women to DO finished.
CHARITY HELPS HER OUT.
Maria MCNAMARA lives In two rooms on the
top floor OF tho dirty and ill-smelling tenement
at 526 East Fourteenth street. She has q hus-
band who ha, been sick and unable to work
since two years ago some CON the ON OF
dates. Four children, the, Oldest II years OF
age, arc At home, nl:clothed, unkempt, and
sickly. A NTH, the babe Of eleven months, ls
81 nSsP
and u stove are the furniture OF tho larger
room. In tho other Is q bed and besides Just
turn around The bare foors are as clean as
such floors can DO kept. but everything about
the. place Is dreary. dilaPidated and ,iorlorn.
AS iorlorn, heartless. and hopeless Is the voice
OF Maria MeNamara, as. not yet OF middle ngo.
with hair still dark and eyes still clear; but with
every emotion except that OF dull despair
ground out OF face that once may have been
machine sewing us she talks, and explains
how abe tries TO support the family by sewing
on mons drawers. Just at present she IL work
has : row q stitching around the band. .. cot
hn-atay and facing about the bottoms OF the
legs. Sssldss the regular seams. They are
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-06
SUBMARINE OIL SPRINGa
Indications that Petroleum May Flew frsn
Openings Under the Sea-

Openings Uad-r the Sea-
Inquiries having reached the Hydro
graphic ONCE regarding the possible exist
ence Of submarine oil springs. statement
has beon prepared to the effect that reports
are often received OF oil floating on the SUR
face OF the ocean. In many cases this is be-
leved to DO due to wIeckage from vessels
laden with petroleum. ,, other oil. Capt
Pryde OF the British steamer st. Andrews
Bay reports passing through large body OF
what was supposed to DO whale oil. about one
hundred yards square and apparently about
one foot deep. on Sept 80. In midocean, lati-
tude 9Bs north. Longitude So 10 west. Many
reports received from tho Gulf OF Mexico how.
ever would seem to INDICATE the possibility OF
snbmarine springs OF oil or some substance Of
similar character.
Capt. Stroma reports that on Sept. 10. lati.
tude 28o north, longitude So west he passed
through well Of hubbllnR oil, area about nve
miles, and noticed q strong smell OF pstro-
ieum. All through this area found a smooth
Thought to have come from q Submarine oil
Lieut.. Il, H. Crosby. U. 8. N. who had COM
mand OF the United Ststes coast and Eeodstio
reported under date ~ March 81, OF that year.
that he had made inquiries at Sabine Pass,
Texas. and that there was said to be o place
about fifteen niles west OF the Pass whore
Which small shinE craft u ride out sa' gSiss H very
comfortably II was said there was no bottom
to this mud and that small vessels run right In
for the beach, stick In the mud, let 90 an an
choE to steady them. and when the gale II over
mud REM aims smooth, This Pond" 10 on the
beach and would not DO valuable Tor vOsss6 q
any considerable size.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-06
WaAr CHEAP CLOTHING COSTS.
The Lives OF Womon Wsra Out ts Put Bal
gallo PrIee Marks on Ready-made SuIts.

The Lives OF Women Wsrn Out ts Put Bar
gallo PrIee Marks on Ready-made SuIts.
Tho slop shop Is the biggest thing In tho
cheap clothing trade. and the slop-shop keepers
arc the hardest tnskmssters Of the poor
slaves Of tho metropolis. Competition In the
retail clothing business has brought this con-
dition Of things about Besides. the whole
sys ON on which the manufacture OF cheap
clothing Is carried on Is as bad as 1t can b. and
Its continuance is . menace to public health
and danger to the general welfare OF the COM
munlty. beside which tho much-talked OF tene-
mont house manufacture OF cigars is nothing.
There are comparatively few clothing fac
tories In Now York. Most OF what are called
such are simply shops where the cloth is cut.
1t then goes, each sort OF garment separately.
to tho "tallors," SO called. who have their
shops all over tho city. but chiefly In the most
dsnsely populated tenement house districts
and In the very slums. One tailor will take out
hundreds or thousands OF pairs OF pantaloons
In week. another carries on tho coats, and
the vests go somewhere else. II these men or
women have any shops at all they are simply
their living rooms In tho tenements. where
they hire girls to come for from nothing to q
few dollars a week and work at sewing ma
chimes making up the garments. In many
Instances men instead OF girls are hired. espe-
cially on heavy work. but in either case the
people are crowded as closely AS the machines
can be put together. often four or five In one
small room whore all tho household lives and
AL the domestic work Is carried on. In
these places. reeking with all the vile
cdors Of the tsnements, with dirty children
crawling over the filthy floors, playing
Anoag them By day and sleeping upon
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-06

rear, and 70 help pay the family e1Pepsss
tsmin on Catherine street. T6srs. srs only
lew bnttons 70 BE- sswp Sr and : little other
could easily hnish four or 1--WE dosen IN day
4 she wSrfsd assssdiy He psys her twenty
ad. on9 the soods hs Re rss
In his own store. He pays at least three
timos what most. OF the wholesalers and slop
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
Care of Pastures.

As rule, pastures in this country re-
ceive little or no care. No crops gets
less attention, yet none would respond
more quickly to good care. Much atten,
tion has been given to premium crops OF
corn, wheat, potatoes, the improvement
of horses, cattle, sheep and swine; even
poultry are encouraged by liberal
premiums; but we seldom hear of a
premium crop of grass. 1t seems prac-
ticable to double the present yield with
out an outlay at all corrc spending to the
increased value Of the crop. Is there any
good reason why farmer should not be-
stow as much care in selecting the prop
or seeds, and in the after-treatmcnt OF
meadows, as he would in selecting or
breeding and raising Southern ball calf
or Merino lamb?
Grass should not be pasturcd in very
early spring, before the ground settles
and the sod becomes firm. BY this carly
paSturing the tops arc kept closely cut
off. the roots are injured, from which the
grass does not recover for a whole year.
70 gain and thrive, the grass needs some
green leaves as much as horse needs
fresh air and a stomach to digest 4
liberal allowance of food If cut fire.
quently and kept short, like the grasses
of the lawn, the roots will not make the
same size and extent of growth as when
the stalks and leaves have free develop
ment. The roots depend as much on
the leaves as the latter docs on the roots.
Pastures should not be allowed to grow
very long in spring without feeding, as
the culms run up the blossom and make
q growth distasteful to al kings of stock.
By movable fences or otherwise. it is a
good plan to feed off piece rather
closely, let it get a start. and then feed
off again evenly. CHiraGo HeraM.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
The Famous Deyliphf Tour.

To the average American tourist abroad, one
of the places most eagerly sought and most
thoroughly admired for the beauty and pictur-
trip through which is one Of constant delight
and surprise.
The river. lake and mountain country
through which the cxcursionist passes in a
jaunt through the American Trosachs, while
mnequaled for its beauty, has not been as fa:
miliar to the public in the past as it should
have been, but now, thanks to the enterprise
that it can easily be taken in days time. II
made from New York the tour, like that
through the Scottish Trosachs, may be made
in eleven hours When made in the opposite
direction about double that time is necessary
rs a stop-over during the night is made al
Greenwood Lake,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
Useful Hints.

Milk bread dries out faster than water
bread.
Scald peaches and the skin can be re-
moved much easier than by peeling with
out scalding.
In baking apple or peach dumplinss
fill the pan two-t thirds full of water; they
are not so dry and hard.
In baking custard set the pan contain
ing it into another pan containing hot
water, and it will cook much better.
Ice affords the most favorable means
of preserving animal food; but it must
be kept in the ice until wanted, as it
goes bad quickly when brought into a
higher temperature.
mall ordinary cookery simmcringat $50
degrees is more effective than violent
boiling at 212 degrees. The heat that
is applied to do more than the smallest
degree Of simmcring is simply wasted in
converting water into useless steam.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
FARM AND GARDEN.
Canada Thistlcs in Meadows.

The Cauala thistle, though not easily
killed, is yet comparatively easy to keep
in subsection, provided the surface is
covered with other vegetation. A heavy
growth of clover or timothy will leave
little room for thistlcs, except in vacant
spaces. Enough will push through to
keep the root alive, and as soon as the
field is plowcd they will grow with
greater v gor than ever. even on flcldS
where but few before were to be seen.
Heavily seeding with clover or grass IS
therefore not one of the best means, not
Of destroying rthistics, but OF making
them as little trouble rs possible. On q
farm filed with thistles the larger part
should be seeded heavily, and then the
fields one after another be taken in hand
and the thistlcs in each thoroughly rooted
out. 1t is true a great deal OF hay is half
thstles, but this is mainly the farmer
fault, either in not sowing enough grass
and clover seed or in pa>turing these
until they are destroyed, leaving the
thistlcs to occupy their places.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
The Largest Farm in the World.

Our Eastern farmer may obtain new
idea of large farms from the description
given below, furnished to the St. Louis
Rerullimn by q correspondent. 1t is To-
Gated in the southwest corner of Louis
lana and extends 100 miles north and
south and many miles cast and west. 1t
is owned and operated by Northern capi-
talsts, whose general manager, j. B.
Watkins, gives the following account Of
its working:
"The 1900, 900 acres of our tract, {"
Mr.. Watkins said, "was purchased in
1883 from the State of Louisiana and
from the United States Government. At
that time it was vast grazing land for
the cattle of the few dealers in the neigh
borlood. When I took possession I
found over :0,0C0 head of half-wild
horses aid cattle. My work was to di-
vide the immense tract into conv, nicnt
pastures, establishing stations or r.lr c.lcs
every six mics. The fencing alone cost
in the neighborhood of $50, The
land found to he best adapted to rice,
sugar, corn and cotton. All our cultivat-
ing, ditching, etc, is done by steam
power. We take tract, say half q
mile wide, for instance, and place an en-
ginc on each side. The engines are porta-
bic, ard operate cable attached to four
plows, and under this arrangement we
are able to plow thirty acres a day with
only the labor of three men. Our har-
rowing, planting and other cultivation
is done in like manner. In fact, there is
not single draft-hnrse on the entire
place. We have. of course, horses for
the hcrders of cattle, of which VIC now
have 1G, 900 head. The Southern Pacific
Railroad runs for thirty-siX miles through
our farm. We have three steamboats,
operating on the waters of our own es-
tate, upon which there are 300 miles
navigable waters. We have an ice-house,
bank, ship yard and a rice mill."-Our
C0u0trv Home.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
Grace and the Noon.
little Grace at the window stood,

Dear little Grace at the window stood,
Watching, that winter night,
The great round moon in the fair blue sky,
Where it shone so big and bright,
Till cloud swept over its SHINING face,
Then she turned with little pout;
~ wanted to look at The moon" she said,
But somebody's blowed it out!"
-Wjde Alodke.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
They Rush for II.

It is said the women swarm after Moxie
Nerve Food with perfect furore. 1t is known
to be customary for young men TO use mug
of it to antidote the effects Of a debauch, which
it does within an hour SO effectually, there Is
nothing felt after to remind them they have
had one. Some of our most eminent physi-
clans say It is the only nerve food of any ac-
count, as all the others are actually only mild
sti1nulants, and soon lose their effects, while
been but thirteen months on the market, and
the druggists say its sale is the most extraor-
dinarY ever known.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
THAT Miss Jones is a nice looking girl, ism

THAT Miss Jones is a nice looking girl, isn't
she?"
"Yes, and she'd be the belle Of the town if it
wasn't for one thingr'
whats that?"
"She has catarrh so bad it is unpleasant to be
near her. She has tried a dozen things and
nothing helps her. am sorry, for like her,
but that doesn't make it any less disagreeable
for one to be around her."
Now if she had used DR.. Sage's Catarrh Rem;
cdy, there would have been nothing of the kind
said, for it will cure catarrh every time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
Farm and Garden Notes.

Don't keep ahead of the weeds, but 60
hot after them.
Do notallow potatoes to be exposed to
the s::n any longer than IS needed to dry
them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

Many have been ruined by their for.
tunes; many have escaped ruin by the
want of fortune. To obtain it the great
have become little, and the little great.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
How Milk is Kent Sweet.

A lady writing to the New York
World says: MANY of your readers prob
ably are not aware that milk can be pre-
served, the same as fruit is, by ho.tling
or canning. 1t is said that milk thus
treated will keep perfectly sweet for
months in cool place. Ihave not made
sufficient trial to know that it will keep
for that length of time. But during the
hot weather I have found this conven-
lent and etfectual way of keeping milk
sweet long beyond the time when it would
ordinarily sour. put fresh milk into
thick glass bottles and set the bottles,
uncorked, into a kettle of cold water,
which is gradually heated to boiling, and
boiled about half an hoar. I cork the
bottles with rubber corks, while the milk
is still steaming, and remove from the
kettle. Milk prepared thus is especially
good for children and invalids, because
the heat destroys all germs of impurity
and fermentation. 1t is we'll known that
boiling is recommended for milk and
for water when any doubt exists rs to
their purity. have found this the best
way to put up milk for use on journey.
When bottle of milk is opened it should
bc used up at once or any that remains
should be thrown away"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

THE climate and soils of British India are the
most favorable in the world for agricultural
are completely unknown. Custom and caste
are the principal reasons for this lack Of knowl-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

In Germany the school history relates
to events down to 1912 only; in this
country it goes down to 1885.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
Three Bottles Cure Catarrh.

ELI ROBBINS, Runpan P: O.. Columbia Co.,
Pa, says: My daughter had ,catarrh when
Saee's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured q bottle for her, and soon saw that it
helped her; third bottle effected perma;
nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and
cnl1nd and heartY.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

IT Is said that the Chinese are becoming
alarmed at the rate of mortality among them
The physicians blame the light diet of the Chi
nese as being insufficient for this climate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
"Constantly Hawking aud spi,tiMg.''

THOMAS ]. RUSHING, Esq, ss0s Pine Street,
from catarrh for three years. At times could
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and splitting. and for the last. eight months
could not breathe through the nostrils. l
ily. / was advised to try Dr. Sagc's Catarrh
Remedy, and am now well man. believe
it to he the only sure remedy for catarrh now
manufactured, and one has only to give it
fair trial to experience astounding results and
q permanent cure"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
RortholdYs Statue of"Ltberty Enlfghten.
h"i inv the Werld5

Will be reminder of personal liberty for ages
to come, on lust as sure foundation has DR..
Perre's "Goiden Medical Discovery been
pIaced. and it will stand through the cycles of
ihimc as monument to the physical emancir.-
tion of thousands, who by its use have heen re-
iieved from consumption, CoHsumptive night
sweats. bronchitis, coughs, splitting Of blood,
leak lungs, and other throat and lung affec-
lions. --.---
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

- Nervous debility, premature decline
of power in either sex, speedily and permanent
ly cured. Large book. 10 cents in stamps;
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, 663
Main Street, Buffalo, n. y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
aIyntold AGONY from Catarrh..

Prof. W. HAUSNER, the famous naesnicrist.
of ithaca. N. Y, writes: Some ten years ago
catarrh. NV family physician gave lie up as
incurable, and said must die. My case was
such bad one, that every day, towards sum
set, my voice would become 80 hoarse could
barely speak above q whisper. In the morning
INV Coughing and clearing of my throat would
almost strangle me. By the use of DR.. Sagc,iss
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, was well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31
Piles Cured for Is Cents.

THERE are 10000 miles of telegraph and telc
graph and telephone wires in New York city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH.-Dull,
heavy headache. obstruction of the nasal
passages, discharges falling from the head
into the throat, sometimes profuse, watcry,
and acrid. at others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
weak watery, and inf1amed; there is ringing
in the ears. deafness, hacking or coughing to
clear the throat, expectoration of offensive
matter, together with scabs from ulcers; the
breath Is offensive; smell and taste are inn
paired; there is q sensation Of dizziness, with
mental depression, hacking cough and gen:
eral debility. Only few of the abovc-named
symptoms are likely to be present in any one
case. Thousands Of cases annually, without
manifesting half Of the above symptoms, re-
No disease is 80 common, more deceptive and
dangerous, or less understood by physiciane.
by it's mild, soothing, and healing properties.
cases Of Catarrh, cold in the head,'
Coryza, and Catarrhn nj Headache.
Sold by druggists everywhere; SO ccEts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

Piles Cured for Is Cents.
DR.. WALTON's CURE FOR Piles is guaran.
teed 10 cure the worst case OF piles. Price %
cents. At druggists, or mailed tsta arlps takea]
by the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

W lebhtDt NNs S'E, ts'nND W
ROYAL GLUE mends anythfngl Broken Chi.
ma, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs 81 Gro
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

THERE are five million farm owners in this
NIX
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-08-31

tcHERE are about $1,000 swedes in Chicago,
.Dinois.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-10
Costumes of African Chiefs.

As for the costumes or complies" Of
the native chiefs, a kind of ballet dancers
petticoat of filthy grass, perhaps the least
said about them the better, there being,
indeed, so little to say anything about.
These garments become beautifully less
as one goes farther into the interior, as
Stunning the proportions of a miniature
Masonic apron, and finally dwindling into
nothingness. But the method of convert
ing bark into cloth, though so well
known, is really an interesting process, as
shown in Capt. Storms collection. He
possesses strip of common bark, fibrous
and woody, of which all the lower part
has been moistened and beaten until it has
spread itself out into about two square
yards of tough, leathcry. flexible sub
stance, something like blacksmith's
apron. The natives do understand kind
of coarse, primitive weaving of the cotton
fibre into a rough, canvas like texture;
but the bark cloth is the most easily
made, and therefore the most in vogue
Chicago Tribune.
Wichita eagle., 1887-09-10
Dinner Parties at the Hotel.

II is becoming part of the social pro-
granme TO give ones entertainments, I'M
less it is n small dinner party or luncheon,
at some restaurant or hotel. The excuse
is that society turns the house inside
out, upside down, and IL is such bother
the hostess gladly availS herself of the
handsome rooms in a fashionable hotel,
rather than TO be put 10 so much trouble.
People who live in big establishments, de-
signed with special reference to the friv-
olities Of social life, rather scorn the sub
terfuge practiced by owners Of ''bijou"
houses; but the fad takes. nevertheless
Every one cannot include ballroom in
the ground plan of his or her town resi-
Herald.
Near this place there lives farmer
who always wore soft wooden hat, and
when he went to the war he always slept
with his hat for q pillow. The habit Of
four years standing WAS fastened upon
him not to be shaken of, and even to this
day when old man John seeks the arms Of
Morpheus, the old wool hat must pillow
the head that was once O target for
Yankee shot and ahell-Gibsou (Ga) En-
terprise.
Mamma, said Flossie. who had been
to church for the first time, where she had
listened with more or less attention TO the
sermon, Il know what the minister
meant by 'children's children -
''Yes," said mamma
Yes; he meant dolls. New York
Sun